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Irish
Etymology
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Proper noun
An Ghuáin f (genitive na Guáine)
- Guyana (a country in South America; official name: Comharphoblacht na Guáine)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Guáin
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Ghuáin
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nGuáin
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “Guyana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024